The Discover. Teach. Heal fountain

About

Welcome to UCI Health Affairs

As the only university-based health system in Orange County, we are creating the future of healthcare—interprofessional, whole-person, precision-driven and community serving by a diverse healthcare workforce. With our unique combination of research, patient care and training, we make discoveries and innovations to advance healthcare and improve patients’ quality of life.

One Health

UCI Health Affairs is a first-of-its-kind alliance uniting health disciplines, empowered by the entirety of the University of California Irvine. We are change-makers, creating a future of wellness and optimal healthcare for all people through healthcare delivery, cutting-edge research, education and service. 

One Health is our interdisciplinary approach uniting world-leading experts in medicine, nursing, pharmaceutical sciences, public health and integrative health to advance the frontiers of knowledge. We pioneer innovations in research and teaching to deliver superb evidence-based care through our comprehensive regional healthcare system.

We are transforming the future through a collective commitment to educate a diverse healthcare workforce, to provide patient-centered, whole-person, team-based care that is precise for individuals and communities.

One Health is our structure and vision – a learning health system dedicated to continuous improvement and innovation that directs our commitments – to Discover. Teach. Heal.

Our Strategic Priorities

Five strategic priorities are carried out through the Susan & Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences, UCI Health, and our research centers and institutes. Learn more about each priority and related initiatives.

Strength in Numbers

Data from fiscal year 2022-2023. Data source: UCI Office of Academic Planning and Institutional Research, UCI Office of Research, UCI Health Advancement, and UCI Health.

2,991
students
enrolled in the College of Health Sciences
51%
first-generation students
among the College of Health Sciences undergraduates
31%
of COHS undergraduates
identify as an underrepresented minority
11,000+
faculty and staff
across the College of Health Sciences, institutes of health, and UCI Health
$384M
research awards
across Health Affairs, a 77% increase over the last five years
$97M
philanthropic support
average raised annually over the last 3 years
2.5M+ sqft
Health Affairs expansion
between 2022-2025
2,500+
new jobs
will be generated within Orange County by UCI Health Affairs over the next 3 years